Annie Jackson can t know whether her sister, Grena Prude, might have survived had an ambulance been more readily available when she went into cardiac arrest May 10. But Jackson is convinced her sister would have at least had a chance.
Pickens County Medical Center has been closed for three years,leaving residents without immediate medical support.The community has been fighting to get the hospital back open, but like most places, there needs to bemore funding."Volunteer fire departments are in real need of help."Keith Cox, President of the Pickens County Fire Association, is feeling the heat outside and the heat of ashort staff. He says it all began with..
No local hospital and anemic ambulance services mean residents in rural Pickens County, Alabama, are thrown into perilous situations when they have medical emergencies.
CARROLLTON, Ala. — Annie Jackson can’t know whether her sister Grena Prude might have survived had an ambulance been more readily available when she went into cardiac arrest on May
No local hospital and anemic ambulance services mean residents in rural Pickens County, Alabama, are thrown into perilous situations when they have medical emergencies. It’s a kind of medical care roulette that has become a fact of life for rural Americans who live in ambulance deserts.